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ternal differences of the head, which distinguish these 

 species, we gladly insert them on a separate plate. M. 

 Cuvier's specimen was a female about two years old, and the 

 tusks had not appeared : the type of the Berlin drawing was 

 a female, and evidently adult, though young, which ap- 

 pears principally by the convexity of the back. Full grown 

 middle-aged Elephants (at least of the Asiatic species, and 

 we may presume the same of the African) have the back 

 flat or sloping down according to the breed, and very old 

 animals have it slightly hollowed. It is found principally 

 from the Cape of Good Hope to Senegal, and in the in- 

 terior, but it is not certain whether it is to be seen on the 

 eastern coast of Africa. Its not being tamed seems rather 

 to be referrible to the low state of humanity in Africa, than 

 to any difficulty on the part of the species itself. 



Mr. Burchell relates the death of a native by an Elephant, 

 which, as it displays the immense power of these animals, 

 particularly in the proboscis, may be repeated. Carel 

 Krieger was an indefatigable and fearless hunter, and being 

 also a most excellent marksman, often ventured into the 

 most dangerous situations. One day having with his party 



Mr. Tyler describes this rush as the most awful of the whole. If 

 the gates had not been firmly lashed, the animal must have come 

 through ; for, by this last effort, he again dislodged them, and 

 they were kept upright by the chain and ropes alone. Mr. Herring 

 from this time chiefly directed his fire at the gullet; at last he fell, 

 but with so much deliberation, and in a position so natural to his 

 usual habits, that he seemed to have lain down to rest himself. 

 Mr. Herring continued to fire at him, and spears were run into his 

 sides, but he remained unmoved, nor did he stir from the first 

 moment of his fall. Four or five discharges from a rifle into his 

 ear produced no effect : it was evident that he was without sense, 

 and that he had dropped dead, into the posture wherein he always 

 lay when alive. 



" The fact that such an animal, of such prodigious size and 

 strength, was destroyed in such a place, without an accident, 

 from the commencement to the close of the assault, is a subject of 

 real astonishment." 



